A digital staffing platform has raised 拢1m in funding.
Founded in 2017, Norwich-based Pickr provides a digital staffing platform for utility and energy service providers and workers, reducing the cost and time of building and managing a flexible workforce.
The 拢1m fund comes from venture capital firm Episode 1, and follows investment by Angels including Nick Kingsbury last year. It will be used to secure key senior hires and to expand the company鈥檚 existing talent pool聽of skilled workers.
鈥淥ur customers win and lose contracts based on the speed at which they can scale their workforce,鈥� said Kane Halsey, CEO of Pickr.
鈥淭hey need the right people with the right skills in the right place, often at short notice. If they can鈥檛 find them quickly, it can cost them dearly.
鈥淲e鈥檝e already built a community of the workers our customers need 鈥� from groundworkers and cablers to fibre splicers and works supervisors 鈥� which means we can fulfil pretty much any requirement quickly and at low cost.
Haley said that the company鈥檚 goal is to be the 鈥榗onnector鈥� that the sector turns to, and to remove the pain and cost of resourcing for businesses in the supply chain.
Adrian Lloyd, Episode 1 director, added: “The Pickr team knows its niche and has proven its business model. The company is solving a real problem much more cost-effectively than traditional recruitment agencies and has all the ingredients needed to disrupt the marketplace.”